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2011-09-27T23:41:50.173
1
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2471/how-to-hide-users-from-the-login-screen">How to hide users from the login screen?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>When you start up Ubuntu, it displays the usernames you can log on as as well as an "Other" option, w...
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2017-04-13T12:25:03.627
2011-09-28T06:28:17.487
Hidden accounts
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2011-09-28T07:00:20.830
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63325
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2011-09-27T23:55:05.667
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<p>While removing libgcrypto package, I apparently removed a lot of critical dependencies with it.</p> <p>Now I don't have access to the GUI, just to a tty.</p> <p>My problem is how to get those packages missing.</p> <p>I can't seem to access to internet and don't have a cd to boot from. I have a external HD with u...
25766
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2011-09-28T00:14:30.230
2011-09-28T01:55:58.623
Removed libgcrypto and some other essential packages, how do I reinstall them?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Be sure to get connected to the net using wire cable then please open a pseudo-tty by pressing <kbd>ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>alt</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd> made login with your user and password if requested by the system, then type</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get update\nsudo apt-get install...
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2011-09-28T00:17:20.143
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<p>Is there a free pdf viewer with the following properties?</p> <p>-It can annotate.</p> <p>-Annotation will be preserved when the document is sent by gmail.</p> <p>-Color inversion (Evince has it) or color setting. </p>
25717
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2011-09-28T02:52:46.693
PDF viewer with "gmail-sendable annotation" and "color inversion"?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-28T11:02:38.920", "id": "72743", "postId": "63327", "score": "0", "text": "I found Evince supports commenting.\nHowever, I cannot delete or move the comments I created.\nDoes anyone know how?\n\n\nAs for the gmail compatibility, I haven't tested yet since I don't want ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've done some research in this area some time ago - from the free PDF viewers I was able to find, <strong>Okular</strong> may be the only one which supports annotations, but they're stored separately from the file, so they're not \"gmail-sendable\".</p>\n\n<p>It also does support co...
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63329
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2011-09-28T00:28:47.407
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<p>Does xfce4-panel currently have a support for global menu , not the gnome2-globalmenu project , but the indicator's appmenu , which runs well on gnome-panel.</p> <p>I installed gnome-panel on xubuntu , but the indicator menu won't show on xfce4-panel.</p>
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2011-09-29T00:22:49.580
2011-10-18T20:48:44.703
Does XFCE4's panel support the indicator-application menu?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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63332
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2011-09-28T00:59:53.630
2
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<p>I once installed Opera by adding their repository to my sources.list:</p> <pre><code>deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free #Opera </code></pre> <p>Since then I get regular updates via the usual "apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get upgrade", the last some weeks ago to Opera 11.51. Since then, Opera regularl...
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2011-09-28T03:59:50.370
How can I downgrade to an older Opera version?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Firstly Remove all programs which may be Opera related. Then go to Software Sources and disable the\n<code>deb <a href=\"http://deb.opera.com/opera/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://deb.opera.com/opera/</a> stable non-free #Opera</code>\nrepository, do a <code>sudo apt-get update</c...
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63342
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63344
2011-09-28T04:30:48.060
1
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/29757/what-can-replace-system-monitoring-in-the-top-gnome-panel-in-unity">What can replace system monitoring in the top Gnome Panel in Unity?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm using gnome 2 right now and looking to swi...
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2017-04-13T12:25:10.143
2011-09-28T05:01:50.550
Unity equivalent to the Gnome 2 system monitor
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2011-09-28T11:19:05.117
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63346
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2011-09-28T05:44:15.927
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<p>I'm using the Festival speech synthesizer under Ubuntu 10.04 like:</p> <pre><code>echo '(SayText "hello world")' | esddsp festival --pipe </code></pre> <p>This works perfectly on 32-bit systems, but on 64-bit machines it's unreliable. Usually, it'll work correctly the first time, and then subsequent calls with sou...
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2011-09-28T19:22:52.047
2011-09-28T19:22:52.047
Garbled Festival Sound
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Works for me. If you did not remove Pulseadio (Ubuntu's default audio system and ESD replacement) you may have more success in doing this:</p>\n\n<p>pasdp instead of esddsp:</p>\n\n<p><code>echo '(SayText \"hello world\")' | padsp festival --pipe</code></p>\n\n<p>Pulseaudio's automag...
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63347
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2011-09-28T05:56:29.547
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<p>I happened to install KNetworkManager over my default installation of KUBUNTU 11.04. Then I tried to open if from the K_Menu-System-. I got a message asking me if want to use it always. I replied yes. After a reboot, the interface of the tray icon of network manager changed, though the functionality appears to be sa...
25775
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2011-09-29T00:21:54.450
2011-09-29T18:16:01.880
Uninstalling knetworkmanager removes icon from system tray
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Solved .. All that was needed was to install plasma widget for network management. Everything is back to way it was before.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-...
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63348
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2011-09-28T06:06:50.807
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<p>For installing mongodb i want to install these dependenciy so when i run this command </p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install curl tcsh scons g++ xulrunner-1.9-dev libpcre++-dev libboost-dev libmozjs-dev </code></pre> <p>give me this result :</p> <pre><code>Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ...
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2011-09-29T00:20:39.350
2011-11-10T19:00:30.470
How do I install xulrunner for mongodb?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Don't install <code>xulrunner-1.9-dev</code>, it hasn't existed since Jaunty (9.04).</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2014-06-01T05:14:10.033", "id": "631272", "postId": "68609", "score": "0", ...
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63351
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2011-09-28T06:19:37.617
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 Server as a file server. It is on the Windows Active Directory Domain (2008 SBS) and has been working well for several years (migrated to new hardware and upgraded from 8.04 a few months ago). Clients were originally all Windows XP, but now there's more Macs (12 Snow Leopard, 2 Lion) than Wi...
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2012-04-07T01:21:04.893
2012-04-07T01:21:04.893
File corruption issues from a Samba server to Windows and Mac clients
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2012-04-09T20:28:46.110
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63355
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2011-09-28T07:40:34.863
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<p>I have a script where I need to preserve the <code>\\</code> character sequences but the command <code>echo -E \\</code> prints <code>\</code> when it should be <code>\\</code>. Correct? </p> <p>Is this a bug in the version of Ubuntu I am using? I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and I am using zsh version :</p> <pre><cod...
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2012-05-10T02:27:53.323
2012-05-10T02:27:53.323
How do backslash escapes work with echo -E in zsh?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In <code>zsh</code> you could use</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo -E '\\\\'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>to print to consecutive backslashes, or if you do not want to use quotes</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo -E \\\\\\\\\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null...
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63356
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2011-09-28T07:49:54.093
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<p>Which desktop environments allow to drag'n'drop files/data across applications while task-switching using Alt-Tab (without the need to move mouse cursor to a specific UI element and/or wait for other UI elements to become active)?</p> <p>To the best of my knowledge:</p> <p>Working</p> <ul> <li><p>Unity 2D of Ubun...
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2017-04-13T12:24:13.887
2011-09-28T09:46:19.500
Desktop environments that allow Drag'n'Drop across applications via Alt-Tab
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It does work in Xmonad running on Kubuntu 11.04 - I'm not sure whether XMonad or KWin responsible for Drag'n'Drop behaviour in this case. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2013-06-18T11:21:46.253", "id": "390395", ...
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63358
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2011-09-28T08:43:38.427
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<p>Is there possible to make some folder accessible to one user for 24 hours only with some password which is prescribed by me as the owner of material in folders.</p> <p>I am a teaching assistant and I would like to use those 5 GB as a knowledge library for students. So I would like to make permissions for using mate...
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2011-09-28T10:06:57.130
2011-09-28T10:06:57.130
Making specific folder accessible to user for 24 hour only
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That would be a bad idea. What you should do instead, is to create a group for those students that should be allowed to access the files in that folder and then add and remove students from that group. This is fairly easy to do. You might have to script the adding and removal...
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63360
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2011-09-28T08:50:29.767
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<p>I'd installed <code>Ubuntu 10.10</code> inside <code>Windows 7</code>.</p> <p>At the time of installation it didn't asked for any <code>root</code> account but when I'm trying to install <code>DB2</code> it want access to <code>root</code> account.</p> <p>How can I go to <code>root</code> account in <code>terminal...
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2011-09-28T09:13:55.877
How to access root acount?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Terminal</strong>\nTry <code>sudo su</code> and enter your password. This will allow you to start apps as root and do administrator tasks.</p>\n\n<p><strong>GUI</strong>\nStart a program with <code>gksu</code> to give ir root privileges. Press Alt+F2 and write <code>gksu &lt;...
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63363
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2011-09-28T09:14:59.870
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<p>I'm using <strong><em>recordMyDesktop</em></strong> and here is my problem: I need to record the sound emitted by my desktop and put some comments on it at the same time.</p> <p>For now, I have no problem commenting what's on screen, my microphone records my voice correctly, but there is any way I can record the so...
25784
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2011-09-28T11:25:00.293
2012-03-23T18:13:20.600
How to use two sound sources while using recordMyDesktop?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2011-09-28T09:26:03.717
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<p>I've been using auto update for a while, but recently I discovered the downloaded package cache missing in <code>/var/cache/apt/archives</code>, some deb packages, like Skype, are removed, and I don't know why.</p> <p>So I'm thinking about this option: <code>APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval</code>, currently set to...
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2012-02-21T16:47:20.027
2013-07-27T04:09:37.760
automatic system updates , how to configure APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval to clean obsoleted cache only?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you don't know what you are doing don't use commandline. Use GUIs like synaptic. There are a lot of options to configure how Ubuntu should treat available update. To start it just press Alt+F2 and when dialog appears type command</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksudo synaptic\n</code></pre>\n\...
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2011-09-28T09:54:11.400
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<p>I want to give Unity a try but still need some docklets that are provided by Docky, until Unity gets more flexible. </p> <p>Is there a way to prevent Docky from managing windows without a launcher. Otherwise I have both, Unity and Docky, managing my open windows, which is a waste of space.</p> <p>There has already...
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2017-04-13T12:23:28.223
2012-06-18T17:49:03.777
Use Docky within Unity
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To my knowledge, you cannot stop Docky from using the window manager feature. The best you can do is find another Dock that allows you to do that.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-10-01T08:24:48.810", "id": "7328...
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63373
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2011-09-28T10:00:25.527
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<p>I tried to install Mediawiki, which told me to update my libxml2 to at least version 2.7.3. So I've checked that and found <code>/usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.7.6</code> to be installed. <code>xml2-config --version</code> also returns <code>2.7.6</code>. But when reading the outputs of <code>phpinfo();</code> it tells me th...
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2011-09-29T00:58:56.307
PHP using different libxml2 version, than the one installed in /usr/lib/
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>PHP 5.3.5-0.dotdeb.0</code> indicates that the php packages that you have installed are from dotdeb.org, rather than the main archive. These packages are <strong>not</strong> compiled for Ubuntu, but for Debian, and it's likely that these were built against an older version of ...
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63379
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2011-09-28T11:34:54.320
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<p>For non rolling release like Ubuntu, I'm always confused on what to do after an upgrade. In a very short time 11.10 will be released. So I'm asking what to do after the upgrade.</p> <p><strong>The objective is to preserve the system as it was, taking advantage of the new features and the new versions of apps, but p...
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2012-06-18T17:48:42.047
2012-06-18T17:48:42.047
Procedure to follow after a distro upgrade
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-02-03T00:17:07.510
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2011-09-28T11:45:48.973
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<p>How can I restart an application if it's taking a lot of say CPU utilization or taking too much RAM on Linux, is there any shell script to do the same?</p>
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2011-09-28T11:55:42.913
2011-09-28T12:39:04.950
Restart an application if taking lot of memory
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Why would you want to use a script to do that? Close the application. Or, in the system monitor, end or kill the process. If you don't want to use the GUI, then you can open a terminal, run <code>ps ax</code> to find the process ID and use <code>kill prosessid</code> to end i...
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63382
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2011-09-28T12:07:53.553
5
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<p>Yesterday i closed my PC properly. Today while booting, Ubuntu hangs after line:</p> <pre><code>Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation [OK] </code></pre> <p>I have these fail messages below, nothing else seems wrong:</p> <pre><code>Starting load fallback graphics devices [fail] Stopping automatic crash report ge...
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2013-02-24T10:35:03.787
2013-02-24T10:35:03.787
Ubuntu hangs while booting
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-28T12:29:05.220", "id": "72758", "postId": "63382", "score": "0", "text": "Please tell your graphic video card by tipying in a terminal: \n lspci | grep -i vga", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "20176" }, { "creationDate": "2013-12-19T16:04:30.44...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try using this tutorial: <a href=\"http://lkubuntu.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/quick-and-easy-way-to-fix-x11-issues/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://lkubuntu.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/quick-and-easy-way-to-fix-x11-issues/</a>\n<br />\nAfter that, if it works, use this Terminal command:</p>\n\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try using this tutorial: <a href=\"http://lkubuntu.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/quick-and-easy-way-to-fix-x11-issues/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://lkubuntu.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/quick-and-easy-way-to-fix-x11-issues/</a>\n<br />\nAfter that, if it works, use this Terminal command:...
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2011-09-28T11:57:48.793
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<p>Are there any open-source command line tool for optimizing PDF in Ubuntu. I have used Ghost Script and i am able to convert the PDF into 72 dpi,</p> <pre><code>gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite \ -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 \ -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen \ -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH \ -sOutputFile=myOutput.pdf myInput.pdf </co...
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Open Source command line tool for optimizing PDF
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'll quote zweifel's comment on <a href=\"http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-tiphowto-reduce-adobe-acrobat-file-size-from-command-line.html\">http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-tiphowto-reduce-adobe-acrobat-file-size-from-command-line.html</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <ul>\n <li>...
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2011-09-28T13:22:59.657
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<p>I just discovered that Synaptic on my Oneiric installation displays about 55 thousand packages instead of 35. About 20 of these have a name ending with <code>:i386</code>. I also recently read in the Oneiric Beta release notes that the AMD-64-version of has better handling of 32-bit code. I guess these two facts are...
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2011-09-28T13:57:23.493
2011-09-29T01:21:13.200
Are there any kernel optimization for multi-arch?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-28T13:58:57.500", "id": "72767", "postId": "63406", "score": "1", "text": "Welcome to Ask Ubuntu, since you've asked two questions I've integrated your answer into your first one since it seems to be a duplicate and edited your question to be about the kernel, if you h...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No. The multiarch changes only relate to the way executables and libraries are packaged and installed to the system. There is no change to the way the code is executed, nor any changes to the kernel.</p>\n\n<p>In a nutshell:</p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu has 64 bit and 32 bit versions. In order t...
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2011-09-28T13:32:12.450
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<p>When you go to "Startup Applications", you see a list of commands that are executed at startup and you can add your own.</p> <p>I would like to know where this list is stored. Is it in gconf somewhere?</p> <p>There are two reasons I want to know this:</p> <ul> <li>add commands programmatically</li> <li>disable so...
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Where are startup commands stored?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strike>In KDE it's in </strike></p>\n\n<p><strike> ~/.kde/Autostart</strike></p>\n\n<p>This has been depreciated, KDE Plasma now follows the XDG spec. System wide startup dir is found in <code>/etc/xdg/autostart</code> and user specific ones in <code>~/.config/autostart</...
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2011-09-28T13:39:53.323
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<p>I'm trying to install 11.04 but after a while it will start showing a stream of random characters on screen, then get stuck and finally open BusyBox. If I type exit there I come up with a "Panic occurred, switching back to text console" error and from there the loading won't progress. What's wrong?</p>
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2011-09-28T16:59:41.610
11.04 will not run on Aspire One
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since your model isn't supported in the <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne\" rel=\"nofollow\">official list</a> then I suggest you try an older version that is supported like 10.10 or 10.04 LTS. </p>\n\n<p>it would make it easier to help you more if we knew the exa...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>We need a little more info, How far into the \"install\" are you getting? Can you boot to the LiveCD version?</p>\n\n<p>As for an answer, I find when the installer fails, I found using the <strong><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/start-download\" rel=\"nofollow\">alternate ins...
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2011-09-28T13:52:43.537
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<p>I upgraded to 10.04 from 8.04 in September. When I try to use Simple Scan it says "No scanners detected". <code>sane-find-scanner</code> detects my printer/scanner. </p> <p>UPDATE: <code>lsusb</code> now detects my scanner after I installed hplip from the hp website. </p> <pre>administrator@snoopy:~$ lsusb Bus 005...
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2011-11-18T19:38:53.787
2011-11-18T21:46:16.347
hp4500 officejet not detected by Simple Scan, cannot access modem config. page or connect to wireless
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Simple Scan and <code>lsusb</code> detects the scanner after doing the following:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Uninstall the hplip installed from the hp website by entering <code>sudo make uninstall</code> and then <code>make clean</code> in the hp directory.</li>\n<li>Install hplip and hplip-cu...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That's impossible, it might be that your usb device has a hardware fault and is reporting badly or disappearing from the bus when you do lsusb. you should check the logs in <code>/var/log/syslog</code> and <code>/var/log/dmesg</code> to see what might be happening when you pl...
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2011-09-28T14:01:16.927
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<p>I am trying to connect to internet in ubuntu-11.04 with Nokia-x2.01 and BSNL(<em>name of the operator</em>) SIM card in India. Can someone help me on how to connect to mobile broadband? I did connect to the mobile broadband but it is disconnecting automatically. </p>
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2011-09-28T15:26:14.620
2012-04-22T18:09:21.027
How to connect to internet via mobile broadband?
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63419
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2011-09-28T14:35:19.937
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<p>I have a Canon MP970 connected to a machine running Vista. I can address the printer in Ubuntu but selecting print does not produce a print. </p> <p>Checking the print que shows my job as 'processing'. I´m thinking it may be a firewall or permissions issue but not sure what settings to look out for. My machine is r...
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2014-06-09T13:40:14.210
Unable to print on a networked Canon printer using 64bit OS
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is quite satisfying to be able to answer your own question sometimes.</p>\n\n<p>Found a post of someone who figured out how to connect a printer wirelessly (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1518425). Using their example as a guide.....</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Downloaded t...
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63420
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<p>Sometimes while using VirtualBox, I have tried copying text from the virtual machine to the host machine but failed. Whenever that happens, I fix it by rebooting the virtual machine. Is there a solution to this because I don't want to keep rebooting again and again.</p> <p>Note: It is always possible for me to cop...
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How to fix virtualbox's copy and paste to host-machine?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>On a Windows XP guest, I can kill \"VBoxTray.exe\" using the Task Manager (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Del</kbd>), then restart it from \"Program Files/VirtualBox Guest Additions\".</p>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-04-06T14:00:3...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If needed, upgrade VirtualBox to latest version, currently 4.1.2, they solved many issues. Then reinstall Guest Additions on the VM, as copy-paste is managed by guest additions drivers.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "...
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2011-09-28T16:40:34.653
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<p>When I press tab in terminal it goes very far. So I would like to change tab width, make it smaller. Anyone could help me, please?</p>
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2013-02-03T21:32:31.950
How to change tab width in terminal in Ubuntu 10.04
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you are referring to using the <kbd>Tab</kbd> key in the terminal, I found this at UF.\n<a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7788701\">Ubuntu Forums Thread #7788701</a>:</p>\n\n<p>A possibility is setting the spacing in the application you are using via the t...
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63431
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2011-09-28T17:05:38.350
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/22946/how-do-i-install-the-latest-version-of-gnome-3">How do I install the latest version of GNOME 3?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I would like to install Gnome-shell as a separate session because I don't want to mess...
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2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2011-09-28T17:20:35.927
Installing gnome shell as separate session
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In Ubuntu 11.10, you can click this link: <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gnome-shell\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gnome-shell</a>. </p>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-28T17:58:13.383", "id": "72...
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2011-09-28T22:24:11.330
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2011-09-28T17:25:21.727
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<p>I'm a bit confused by the recent announcement (<a href="http://developer.ubuntu.com/2011/09/announcing-the-ubuntu-app-developer-site/" rel="nofollow">http://developer.ubuntu.com/2011/09/announcing-the-ubuntu-app-developer-site/</a>) of the new "App" developer site. I've fallen out of Ubuntu development and now only ...
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235
2011-10-04T14:08:49.940
2011-10-04T14:08:49.940
What are the conceptual and technical differences between "Apps" and packages?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>An Ubuntu \"app\" is just an application, just like GIMP, Firefox, or whatever. </p>\n\n<p>They're still Debian packages, we just provide a tool called Quickly that gets people going with PyGTK and make it easy to package and submit to the software center.</p>\n\n<p>You can still wri...
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63442
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63566
2011-09-28T18:14:59.637
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<p>Oneric comes with Glade 3.10 by default, and I need to install the older version. Is there any PPA, or some nice way to install it short of download the natty deb, pray that it works and pin it in synaptic?.</p> <p>Some background: Glade 3.10 has dropped support of Gtk2.GUIs developed with Glade 3.10 don't work on ...
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2011-09-29T07:01:42.407
2011-09-29T14:04:30.007
How can I install Glade 3.08?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>For 11.10</strong></p>\n\n<p>The version packaged for 10.04 seems to work in oneric (11.10). You can use it to install the older Glade:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Download the .deb file, you can find it <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/glade\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>, pl...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>For 11.10</strong></p>\n\n<p>The version packaged for 10.04 seems to work in oneric (11.10). You can use it to install the older Glade:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Download the .deb file, you can find it <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/glade\" rel=\"nofollow\">here...
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63443
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2011-09-28T18:17:09.310
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<p>Whenever I issue the command </p> <pre><code>./fwupd /dev/sda </code></pre> <p>I get the following:</p> <pre><code>bash: ./fwupd: cannot execute binary file </code></pre> <p>I'm trying to update my SSD's firmware using Ubuntu 11.04 LiveCD.</p> <p>How do I successfully issue the command?</p>
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2647
2011-09-28T18:43:46.043
2012-01-04T09:22:37.443
Command is giving me "bash: ./fwupd: cannot execute binary file"
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you updated the permissions on the file? It should be <code>chmod 0755 fwupd</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-28T18:51:56.407", "id": "63446"...
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2011-09-28T18:21:43.693
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<p>I was trying out <code>openbox</code>, the superlightweight window manager, and something that struck me was "Wow, this is downright ugly".</p> <p>So, how do I install a ambiance theme to make it "fit in" more?</p>
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2014-05-21T11:58:36.610
How do I make openbox look like the default Ubuntu theme?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and I'd like to add a couple of tweaks:</p>\n\n<p>Load the <code>gnome-settings-daemon</code> and use <code>gtk-theme-switch</code> (this is a package you need to install called <code>gtk-theme-switch2</code>) and composition:</p>\n\n<p>Add to your <code>~/.co...
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2011-09-28T18:52:07.830
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<p>I am looking for an application that saves all CTRL C history. Is there such a thing for Ubuntu, or Linux in general?</p> <p>I remember seeing on of these, but I don't quite remember the details.</p>
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2011-09-28T19:04:11.180
2015-02-20T00:46:02.100
Looking for an application that saves clipboard history
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>apt-cache search \"clipboard manager\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Yields the following</p>\n\n<pre><code>clipit - lightweight GTK+ clipboard manager\nglipper - Clipboard manager for GNOME\nparcellite - lightweight GTK+ clipboard manager\nklipper - clipboard manager\n</code></pre>\n...
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2011-09-28T19:25:06.443
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<p>When I login to a unity session, the first time I press the Super key, the dash pops up but the keyboard focus does not go to it. I press the Super key a second time to dismiss the dash, and a third time to bring it back, and now it has the keyboard focus and I can type away happily. Every time after that the dash g...
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2011-12-25T12:29:08.210
2012-01-24T07:07:02.110
Unity dash does not get keyboard focus first time
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unless you think this is a configurable feature and wonder how to disable the bug, you should file bugs on Launchpad.net. This site is meant for questions and answers and your question is quite clearly more of a bug report than a question. </p>\n\n<p>Since you're talking about keyboa...
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2012-01-25T23:35:25.457
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<p>I get the following pieces of information at the startup, takes about 3 to 5 minutes, while normally about 1 minute:</p> <blockquote> <pre><code>Waiting network configuration Booting system without full network configuration </code></pre> </blockquote> <p>I found after googling that I should change <em>/etc/networ...
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2011-09-28T22:01:05.000
2017-08-09T18:35:35.520
"Waiting for network configuration" adding 3 to 5 minutes to boot time
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-11-04T22:53:01.127", "id": "85495", "postId": "63456", "score": "2", "text": "@jrg It is not a code problem, it a desing problem. Can I file a bug about such a problem?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "25388" }, { "creationDate": "2011-11-05T00:33:17....
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use <code>allow-hotplug</code> instead of <code>auto</code> in the <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code> file, e.g., <code>allow-hotplug enp0s25</code> then <code>iface enp0s25 inet dhcp</code>. This tells the server to not wait for the interface to light up with a dhcp answer. - -\n ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You're mixing 2 incompatible ways of assigning an address to a network interface.</p>\n\n<pre><code>iface eth0 inet dhcp\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>says \"send out a DHCPDISCOVER packet to the physical local network, <strong>wait</strong> for a DHCPOFFER packet from a physically lo...
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2011-09-28T20:29:24.763
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<p>Well the title sums up my question. Will it work on my card? If it helps Unity 3D works perfectly.</p>
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2011-10-16T08:11:42.850
2011-10-16T08:11:42.850
Is Cairo dock 2.4 fully compatible with Intel i965?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-29T04:36:31.390", "id": "72885", "postId": "63458", "score": "0", "text": "You could also try installing it, see if it works and then answer your own question and mark it as the right answer. Your question gets answered, plus you make some points ;)", "userDisplayN...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes Cairo dock with Open GL is fully compatible with the i965 video csrd from intel just search for it in the Ubuntu Software Center and click on the install button. When Ubuntu Software Center is done with the installation, hit the 'super' key and type 'Cairo dock' and click on the ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As unity is playing ball, it'd be fair to say that cairo will to.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-28T21:01:29.563", "id": "63461", "lastActivityDate...
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2011-09-28T21:14:12.843
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<p>For Purchase software in software center is empty. All other software are fine. Using ubuntu 11.10 US no proxy </p>
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2011-09-28T21:18:31.933
2011-09-28T21:20:24.973
For Purchase software in software center is empty
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is always empty in Beta versions. Or at least it was empty in 11.04 and now in 11.10. When we move closer to the release date Canonical will populate it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-28T22:30:44.420", "id": "72857", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is always empty in Beta versions. Or at least it was empty in 11.04 and now in 11.10. When we move closer to the release date Canonical will populate it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-28T22:30:44.420", "...
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63464
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2011-09-28T21:37:19.927
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<p>I'm trying to keep a large collection of GCSE notes for every subject I study, being 10 subjects.</p> <p>I will be using fairly advanced math notation so I would like it to support some system like latex or mathml.</p> <p>I want to be able to export notes to PDF for later revision and wiki style cross-links would ...
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2011-09-28T22:02:04.393
2011-09-29T07:49:46.310
Note taking software that can support advanced math notation
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-29T07:03:40.797", "id": "72899", "postId": "63464", "score": "1", "text": "If you go for LaTeX the following notes on how to make it more efficient might interest you: http://askubuntu.com/questions/60311/markdown-latex-combined-in-wysiwyg-editor-is-there-any/60352#603...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Give Zim a try, it has a fairly good equation insertion plugin, you enter latex code and the corresponding equation is rendered in the document, you can right click the equation and edit the underlying Latex code as well. Zim has an export to latex feature that will create a ...
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63469
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2011-09-28T22:49:36.797
2
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<p>My <a href="http://mupen64.emulation64.com/" rel="nofollow">Mupen64</a> installation is nowhere to be found in unity and unity2d as well... It works if I open it from terminal, but the gui is gone!</p> <p>Any help?</p>
25835
235
2011-09-28T23:39:41.583
2012-04-22T20:09:46.680
Mupen64 is installed, but doesn't show up in the Dash
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I see that after one month, you still not get good answer.\nSo I try my \"poor\" answer.</p>\n\n<p>I had the exact same problem than you.\n<strong>After installing Oneiric and install Mupen64</strong>, now no more problem, my Mupen64 icon is back in the Unity Dash.</p>\n", ...
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2011-09-28T23:08:37.797
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<p>I wanted to try out Unity interface, but I am currently using Xubuntu. Which package should I install ?</p> <p>I tried to install the <code>unity</code> package directly, but the Unity panel on the left won't show up</p>
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2017-03-03T22:21:04.740
2017-03-03T22:21:04.740
How to install Ubuntu Unity interface on Xubuntu?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The left panel is hidden by default. Install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/ccsm\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">ccsm</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/ccsm\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install ccsm\"></a> to enable you to...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The left panel is hidden by default. Install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/ccsm\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">ccsm</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/ccsm\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install ccsm\"></a> to enabl...
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63473
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64062
2011-09-29T00:34:04.730
0
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<p>When I try to launch banshee this what I get:</p> <pre><code>[Info 20:28:13.619] Running Banshee 2.2.0: [Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) (linux-gnu, x86_64) @ 2011-09-23 04:47:58 UTC] Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "rgba" Exception in Gtk# callback delegate Note: Applications can use GLib.ExceptionManage...
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2011-10-01T15:04:44.830
2011-10-03T09:46:37.177
What is wrong with my banshee installation and how can I fix it?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try to remove ~/.gconf/apps/banshee-1 and ~./cache/banshee-1 too;</p>\n\n<p>However it would be worth reporting to the banshee team. The call stack looks like they want to save and restore the width and height of the user interface but fail to handle missing or invalid data - kindly ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try to remove ~/.gconf/apps/banshee-1 and ~./cache/banshee-1 too;</p>\n\n<p>However it would be worth reporting to the banshee team. The call stack looks like they want to save and restore the width and height of the user interface but fail to handle missing or invalid data -...
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2011-09-29T02:39:14.883
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<p>What is the difference between dragging a folder over to the Ubuntu One folder for syncing and just checking the "synchronize this folder" check box on each folder I want to sync?</p>
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2011-09-29T20:34:34.560
2012-01-31T22:44:58.203
Ubuntu One folder vs Checking the "sync with ubuntu one" check box
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The \"Ubuntu One\" is the default folder, that is always synced when you enable Ubuntu One. For other synced folders, you can select in each devices which to sync or not sync.</p>\n\n<p>For example: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>on PC \"A\" you have \"Ubuntu One\" folder, and Pictures fo...
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63484
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2011-09-29T02:48:53.963
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<p>I just built a PC and the sound test for HDMI in Phonon works but no other app does. My audio device is :ATI Technologies Inc RS880 Audio Device [Radeon HD 4200]. I'm running Kubuntu 11.04. It works when i plug in speakers in audio out. I can give any other hardware info if needed. </p>
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2018-07-31T03:37:59.763
No sound coming through HDMI to TV
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2021-09-27T15:51:55.107", "id": "2345555", "postId": "63484", "score": "0", "text": "Anyone got an update for this using ubuntu 20.04 with Plasma 5.18.5?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "611376" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not sure about KDE but with Gnome, you need to change the output device in sound preferences if you want the sound to go to the TV instead of the standard output.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY...
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63485
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63650
2011-09-29T03:01:04.767
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<p>Im having troubles with pulseaudio. I have my home folder on an ntfs partition because i have dual boot on my netbook, and i need to share my home folder with windows. I used to have debian, and i had no problem with that, but now I moved to ubuntu 11.04 and I cant control audio with hardware keys (fn+f12).</p> <p>...
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2011-09-29T23:18:56.713
Problem with pulse audio with ntfs partition
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It isn't a good idea to have your home folder on an ntfs partition, since the ntfs file system lacks some features that have been around since the earliest installments of unix.</p>\n\n<p>In rough detail every program that needs to create a unix-domain-socket (a file-system based fif...
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63487
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63504
2011-09-29T03:52:07.590
4
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<p>I need to download some packages to install in my other machine which doesn't have internet access, and has a 64-bit architecture.</p> <p>Since this machine which has internet connection is 32-bit, it only downloads 32-bit packages with apt-get. </p> <p>I want to know if it is possible to: </p> <ol> <li>download ...
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2647
2011-09-29T07:17:31.263
2011-09-29T09:30:04.707
Download 64bit packages in a 32bit system
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <code>aptitude</code> (to be installed):</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo aptitude -o APT::Architecture=\"amd64\" update\naptitude -o APT::Architecture=\"amd64\" download package-name\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(after that, remember to do an <code>apt-get update</code> without <code>-o</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <code>aptitude</code> (to be installed):</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo aptitude -o APT::Architecture=\"amd64\" update\naptitude -o APT::Architecture=\"amd64\" download package-name\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(after that, remember to do an <code>apt-get update</code> without <c...
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63488
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2011-09-29T04:17:18.803
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<ol> <li><p>How to change the <strong>window color</strong> (default: white) in Oneiric? (In Natty, I could do it in <code>Appearance</code>.)</p></li> <li><p>(If 1 doesn't work) How to change the background color in <strong>Gedit</strong>? (In Natty, by right clicking I could find <code>profile</code> or something lik...
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2011-11-16T13:59:01.147
2011-11-16T13:59:01.147
How to change the window color (default: white)?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-29T05:51:24.243", "id": "72891", "postId": "63488", "score": "1", "text": "The window theme you mean?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4203" }, { "creationDate": "2011-10-08T11:36:41.477", "id": "74470", "postId": "63488", "score": "0",...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The tweakability of Oneiric has suffered due to the switch to <em>gnome 3</em>, so for #2:</p>\n\n<p>gedit supports the themes available in package <em>libgtksourceview2.0-common</em>, and if you are willing to, you can create your own or download a large selection from the net.</p>\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The tweakability of Oneiric has suffered due to the switch to <em>gnome 3</em>, so for #2:</p>\n\n<p>gedit supports the themes available in package <em>libgtksourceview2.0-common</em>, and if you are willing to, you can create your own or download a large selection from the n...
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2011-11-16T15:05:38.713
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63489
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2011-09-29T04:24:04.100
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<p>I am on a project to migrate Windows 7 to Ubuntu 10.04 but I am facing a problem. Headers and footers are missing in all documents sent from Windows 7 office 2007/2010 to Ubuntu 10.04 with OpenOffice 3.2</p> <p>Can anyone help</p>
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40955
2012-05-17T21:29:36.623
2012-05-17T21:48:07.847
Why are documents from Office 2007/2010 missing headers when opened in OpenOffice 3.2?
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-29T04:48:39.763", "id": "72888", "postId": "63489", "score": "0", "text": "ok almost there! Now we just need you to add which version of Office is on the windows machine to your question.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" }, { "creationDate": "...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is a bit TOO LATE! but there has been several important changes in LibreOffice (since OpenOffice was removed as the default a couple of versions ago) that actually touch this kind of incompatibility. Of course you will still find problems but on the Microsoft side, for exa...
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63491
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2011-09-29T04:51:04.023
3
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<p>If you use xmonad, xbindkeys, and xdotool to try and remap the 'Menu' key, it does not work perfectly. The 'Menu' key will only emulate the <kbd>Super</kbd> key's quick press action, bringing up the application search. If you hold in the 'Menu' key it will not emulate the Super key's hold down action. That is, bri...
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235
2012-07-03T02:45:22.673
2012-07-03T02:45:22.673
How do I replicate the Super Key?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can do that doing this: </p>\n\n<p>1) Open \"System Settings\" </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/3YG2n.jpg\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>2) Keyboard Layout </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/zopQA.png\" alt=\"enter image d...
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63494
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74164
2011-09-29T05:25:06.473
0
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<p>I'm not sure if it should be asked here or on forums but I'll still put it up here to get discussion started,</p> <p>So 2 days back I upgraded to 11.10 64bit beta. There are few crashes which I already reported through bug reporting.</p> <p>But my mouse pointer (laptop touchpad) for some reason seems to be freezin...
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2016-02-07T18:11:18.723
2016-02-07T18:11:18.723
Mouse pointer freezing up
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well if anyone still following this question 11.10 by default disable mouse while typing.\nSo I unchecked an option to disable mouse. </p>\n\n<pre><code>System Settings -&gt; Mouse and Touchpads -&gt; Touchpads --&gt; UNTICK disable while typing\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well if anyone still following this question 11.10 by default disable mouse while typing.\nSo I unchecked an option to disable mouse. </p>\n\n<pre><code>System Settings -&gt; Mouse and Touchpads -&gt; Touchpads --&gt; UNTICK disable while typing\n</code></pre>\n", "commen...
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63496
1
63502
2011-09-29T06:21:38.917
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<p>I'm on a relatively slow network, also I don't really care about changelogs, but each time I'll wait for longtime till updates are installed, just for loading changelogs from remote server.</p> <p>How can I disable this feature?</p> <p>Seems that <code>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d</code> is only suitable for changing the u...
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2647
2011-09-29T07:11:25.513
2012-04-08T22:02:37.313
Disable changelog for apt-get upgrade?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>By default no changelog is downloaded prior to packages download.<br>\nOnce downloaded a package to install/upgrade, the changelog is located inside the package itself, so there is no further network use.</p>\n\n<p>It is possible that you have <code>apt-listchanges</code> installed, ...
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63497
1
63506
2011-09-29T06:26:08.223
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<p>I don't get Firefox 7 update. When I try to check for updates from update manager, I get:</p> <pre><code>W:Failed to fetch http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/dists/edgy/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found , W:Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy/universe/binary-i386/Packages 404 N...
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2011-09-29T12:55:47.867
2011-09-29T12:55:47.867
Update problem with "Failed to fetch" error
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're using a Wine and Ubuntu repository from five years ago. So yeah, that won't work anymore. ;)</p>\n\n<p>It's a fairly innocuous problem. Edit <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> with administrator privileges and remove the lines with 'dists/edgy/' in them. Or leave them there, s...
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2014-06-30T10:14:53.740
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2011-09-29T06:43:33.770
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<p>That is the current configuration</p> <pre><code>/dev/sda1 : ntfs primary 200GiB /dev/sda3 : extended 400GiB /dev/sda5 : ext4 396GiB /dev/sda6 : linux-swap 4GiB </code></pre> <p>and that is the wanted configuration :</p> <pre><code>/dev/sda1 : ntfs primary 200GiB /dev/sda3 : extended 400GiB ...
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2011-09-29T07:01:18.880
2011-09-29T08:50:05.973
Is it possible to inverse partition numbers?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-29T07:00:55.430", "id": "72897", "postId": "63498", "score": "3", "text": "To clarify your question you might want to include answers to the following questions. Are you just asking for numbers to be reversed or also the physical location of the partitions? What is you...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Perhaps instead you'd like to use UUIDs to identify the file systems so that their numbers doesn't matter at all? </p>\n\n<p>That way, even if you mount it in a usb3 external chassis and move it to another computer, everything would still work as expected since the disks won'...
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63499
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2011-09-29T06:46:39.797
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<p>I downloaded offical Ubuntu Wubi installer as I wanted to install Ubuntu besides my Windows 7 setup.<br> I launched it and noticed that it started download AMD 64 bit Ubuntu ISO, while I'm on Intel and running 32bit Windows. I canceled operation.</p> <p>How can I tell Wubi installer which Ubuntu system I want?</p>
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2013-10-22T15:57:17.787
Wubi Windows installer downloads wrong Ubuntu image
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-29T06:49:40.460", "id": "72896", "postId": "63499", "score": "0", "text": "ok I found similar question here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/35879/how-do-i-force-wubi-to-download-and-install-32-bit-version though I expected more smart installer as under my current pc co...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Whether your windows installation is 32-bit or 64-bit does not matter for Ubuntu since it's not dependent on windows. Do not get confused by the <code>amd</code> word in <code>amd64</code>, it's just a marketing name that refers to the same architecture: 64-bit (well, I may n...
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2011-09-29T07:02:37.927
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<p>I found an old post saying that <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=318539" rel="nofollow">WPA2 is not supported by the RTxxx (Ralink) drivers</a>.</p> <ul> <li>Is this statement still accurate for 10.04 LTS server?</li> <li>Is ndiswrapper being used automatically instead?</li> </ul> <p>Case specific...
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235
2011-09-29T13:10:07.100
2012-01-24T03:01:47.520
How well does WPA2 support work on an RaLink RT2760?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, I don't know for that particular chipset or that particular release, but my Ralink 3062 definitely supports WPA2 on Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10. I had to download my driver directly from Ralink, though (rt2860 / rt3562sta).</p>\n\n<p>To see the driver that is actually in use...
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63509
2011-09-29T07:54:52.527
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37106/how-to-disable-autohiding-for-launcher-in-unity">How to disable autohiding for launcher in Unity</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have launchbar which moves when I remove mouse from left side, but I want it to sta...
25860
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:10.263
2011-09-29T12:56:18.053
Launchbar fix position
[ "11.04", "launcher" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>Install and launch the <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow\">CompizConfig Settings Manager</a></li>\n<li>Select the Ubuntu Unity Plugin</li>\n<li>Set the Hide Launcher option to <em>'Never'</em></li>\n</ol>\n", "commentCount": "1"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>Install and launch the <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow\">CompizConfig Settings Manager</a></li>\n<li>Select the Ubuntu Unity Plugin</li>\n<li>Set the Hide Launcher option to <em>'Never'</em></li>\n</ol>\n", "commentC...
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2011-09-29T14:16:29.560
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63507
1
63511
2011-09-29T08:03:35.517
1
202
<p>How can i prevent newly installed packages from creating links in e.g <code>/etc/rc2.d</code>? Currently i'm launching <code>update-rc.d -f blabla remove /etc/rc.local</code> each time during boot.</p> <p>But this shouldn't be necessary.</p> <p>I need this because i have some packages , like samba server , no need...
25430
6969
2011-09-29T08:42:43.130
2012-08-17T14:19:21.397
Prevent new packages from linking start up scripts?
[ "package-management", "init", "init.d" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Instead of removing the links, disable them. The difference is that removal does not make <code>dpkg</code> aware of your preference to prevent the startup scripts from being executed because <code>dpkg</code> runs <code>update-rc.d</code> too for removing and adding the links.</p>\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Instead of removing the links, disable them. The difference is that removal does not make <code>dpkg</code> aware of your preference to prevent the startup scripts from being executed because <code>dpkg</code> runs <code>update-rc.d</code> too for removing and adding the link...
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63518
1
63523
2011-09-29T09:07:46.357
2
64
<p>I'm using Empathy as an IRC client. Not sure if this affects other protocols as well. When I start typing new message in the field on the bottom of the conversation window, and the message becomes too long to fit on one line, the window starts to grow horizontally instead of the message wrapping to next line. This i...
23301
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null
2011-09-29T09:19:36.580
Empathy new message field does not wrap to next line, but increases the window width instead
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There was (is) a bug on empathy that is described here: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/509866\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/509866</a></p>\n\n<p>I am not sure if that is the same issue you are having but th...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There was (is) a bug on empathy that is described here: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/509866\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/509866</a></p>\n\n<p>I am not sure if that is the same issue you are havin...
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63521
1
63536
2011-09-29T09:13:24.140
1
3070
<p>Because I write many document with office word 2007 + mathtype.</p> <p>I'm not request for libreoffice can edit mathtype's equations, but I want to know libreoffice can open all the office word 2007 documents or not?</p>
23864
19490
2011-09-29T14:59:47.900
2011-09-29T14:59:47.900
Is libreoffice able to open all the word2007+mathtype documents totally correct?
[ "libreoffice", "microsoft-office" ]
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>libreoffice and openoffice are just clones separated due to policy reasons. But as far as word 07 is concerned, LO or OO may sometimes may not be so faithful in reproducing the exact same effect as in Word 07.</p>\n\n<p>Some formatting mismatch you can always expect.</p>\n", "comme...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, to make sure that you can use Libre Office without any problems you can easy test for it if it will work without any issues (and maybe start moving out from MS Office in to LibreOffice) using the portable version of LibreOffice.</p>\n\n<p>No need for install, if it does...
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63524
1
63545
2011-09-29T09:21:11.643
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<p>Host OS: Windows 7 Guest OS: Ubuntu 11.04</p> <p>Say if I won't need to work on the guest OS for 1 hour, while having a lot of programs running and don't want to close them. What is the best way to pause my work on the guest OS? Ubuntu has suspend and hibernate. I found that hibernate won't work as it always fails ...
24085
235
2011-09-29T13:07:39.240
2022-06-04T09:04:00.750
What's the best way to pause my work in Virtualbox with Ubuntu as a guest?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For Virtual Box it is not recommended to use the power saving features of the guest OS as this will all be handled by the host. Therefore first thing when having installed my guest OS I disable this (including disabling the screen saver).</p>\n\n<p>The appropriate way to save a virtu...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you install Vbox additions correctly on the guest OS?</p>\n\n<p>I don't see a problem with of the options here. If you can make Ubuntu hibernate it would be great but a suspend + pause option will work the same.</p>\n\n<p>Hibernation can be simply described as: all conten...
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63531
1
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2011-09-29T09:38:16.023
1
124
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/647/parental-controls-with-different-settings-for-different-users">Parental controls with different settings for different users</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I would like to allow a user to login every other day, but ...
5609
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.983
2011-09-29T13:00:35.973
How do I allow a user to login only every other day?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-02-25T20:06:26.890
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63533
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2011-09-29T09:57:07.503
9
6720
<p>I'm trying to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/57448/screencast-with-both-mic-and-system-sounds-at-the-same-time">screencast with both mic and system sounds at the same time</a>. Previously this didn't work, but I have found that fiddling with the sound profile brings me a step closer.</p> <p>To fiddle with...
7146
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:38.577
2018-03-24T21:04:38.517
Which sound profile will allow me to simultaneously hear and record system audio + microphone input?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No sound profile selection will achieve the results you are looking for. Instead you could <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20121218101949/http://blog.flipzu.com/2011/02/how-to-mix-voice-and-audio-on-ubuntu.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">mix voice and audio channels</a> (fol...
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63534
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2011-09-29T09:59:18.737
6
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<p>I'm trying to use gedit for two different tasks: developing Python software and writing Latex documents. Both are based on pure text files, but they are very different: e.g. Python code needs to be aligned to be able to see the structure of the code (loops, functions, ...). Therefore a Monospace font is a good thing...
9953
null
null
2012-01-18T12:20:13.440
Per file-type preferences in gedit
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>ok, since it seems not possible, I put together a proto-plugin for gedit2 that works for me at the moment. I still hope that someone has a better answer... </p>\n\n<p>~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins/mimeprefs.py</p>\n\n<pre><code>import gedit\n\nclass MimePrefsPlugin(gedit.Plugin):\n def ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I know the answer is \"no\"... But...</p>\n\n<p>gconf-editor allows you to set a printing font, no mater what font is currently selected on the options from gedit at /apps/gedit-2/preferences/print/fonts, maybe there is an option to select display font also. If that...
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63539
1
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2011-09-29T10:28:19.930
1
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/62845/how-to-hide-window-title-and-menu-bar-in-gnome-shell">How to hide window title and menu bar in GNOME Shell?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>When will globalmenu start to work with gnome-shell in Oneiric? Is there a...
25732
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.983
2011-09-29T13:03:56.140
When will globalmenu start to work with gnome-shell?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>See this post on how to build and install gnome-globalmenu extension: <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2011/09/get-global-menu-in-gnome-shell.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.webupd8.org/2011/09/get-global-menu-in-gnome-shell.html</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "...
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2011-09-29T16:34:20.217
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63544
1
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2011-09-29T10:47:55.470
3
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<p>I just recently installed Ubuntu and tried to run WoW on it. It runs fine, but performance is very bad compared to Win7. I do use OpenGL instead of DX on Ubuntu <code>SET gxApi "opengl"</code> also direct rendering is enabled - <code>glxinfo | grep rendering</code> gives me <code>direct rendering: Yes</code>.</p> <...
20765
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2011-09-29T13:00:32.527
Poor FPS with Wine (WoW)
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try disabling Compiz and run WoW again.</p>\n\n<p>You can do that simply by choosing on your login screen \"classic gnome desktop\" without effects, or use the compiz settings manager to turn off compiz.</p>\n\n<p>That will do the trick. Hope this helps. <em>For the HOOOOOOOR...
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63551
1
null
2011-09-14T19:28:07.540
1
7725
<p>I have installed VMWare Workstation 7.1.4 on a Intel Core 2 Duo Machine running on Windows 7 OS.</p> <p>I downloaded the DVD image ubuntu-11.04-dvd-i386 from the ubuntu website and installed it on the VMWare workstation.</p> <p>Gave all the default parameters for Hard Disk space allocation (20 GB) Memory (1 GB) et...
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null
2012-03-17T16:04:57.947
Not able to view GUI screen in Ubuntu after installing in VMware Workstation 7
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1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Got the answer... Installed the package xinit <code>sudo apt-get install xinit</code> and now the Xserver is launching during the boot up process – Dpmishra Sep 14 '11 at 20:20</p>\n\n<p>Answered by OP in comments</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "comm...
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63553
1
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2011-09-29T11:32:21.700
1
1005
<p>Please name the software similar to the ones I will mention from Windows:</p> <ul> <li><p>Internet Download Manager (IDM)</p></li> <li><p>K-Lite Codec Pack (KLC)</p></li> <li><p>CCleaner</p></li> <li><p>TuneUp Utilities</p></li> <li><p>Winrar</p></li> </ul>
25876
18887
2011-09-29T12:23:09.873
2014-08-28T19:40:12.317
An Immigrant from Windows, please help with applications
[ "software-recommendation" ]
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<ol>\n<li><p>There is not alternative to IDM in Ubuntu but you can use DownThemAll firefox extension <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/downthemall/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here</a></p></li>\n<li><p><code>sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0...
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2012-09-14T05:28:51.153
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63558
1
null
2011-09-29T12:43:06.307
12
65697
<p>How can I install <strong>Samsung Allshare</strong> ( a windows app) on ubuntu 11.04? </p> <p>I have tried unsuccessfully using Wine.</p> <p>Alternatively, can you recommend other DNLA server options?</p>
25881
53498
2012-08-17T09:35:34.393
2015-04-20T00:27:05.133
How to install Samsung AllShare or recommendations for other DNLA Server options?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-29T12:48:08.700", "id": "72949", "postId": "63558", "score": "0", "text": "Why cant you do it via wine - what is the installation issue that you are battling with? The requirement says you need .net3.5 - so have you installed .net3.5 via winetricks? Please edit your ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You cannot install <code>AllShare</code> on linux without wine but I would not recommend that at all.</p>\n\n<p>Why don't you try using a better <code>DLNA</code> server like <a href=\"http://www.serviio.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Serviio</a>?</p>\n\n<p>It's free, works great wit...
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63562
1
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2011-09-29T13:31:42.450
1
153
<p>On my system, analog output works, but the volume of the headphone output is very low. Internal speakers work well, and the volume level is reasonable. However, even at 150%, the volume of headphone output is barely audible (<code>alsamixer</code> command line utility also at full volume).</p> <p>Is there a way to ...
17879
29112
2011-11-04T14:41:41.707
2011-11-04T14:41:41.707
How can I apply a global pedestal to PulseAudio?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In older laptops there used to be a switch to toggle the front output between line-out and headphone modes. Maybe this is what you are experiencing. </p>\n\n<p>Even if this is not the case, since the dumbed down interface of the sound menu does not show all the available swit...
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63565
1
63571
2011-09-29T13:49:17.193
3
2251
<p>I'm running a Dell XPS L502X, one of those hybrid graphics models that don't yet "just work" on Linux :( When I installed Ubuntu (Natty) I just went ahead and accepted whatever options I was given, including installing the current NVidia drivers.</p> <p>Additional Drivers reports the driver as the current version, ...
7146
7146
2011-10-12T05:43:09.090
2011-10-12T05:43:09.090
If I'm running a hybrid graphics card, should I disable/uninstall NVidia drivers, and what do I switch to?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The intel video card is perfectly capable of running desktop effects, so Unity should work as well. You cannot use the nvidia card directly (as you may already have noticed) because your notebook is an Optimus laptop (see also <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/36930/6969#36936\">Is a...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The intel video card is perfectly capable of running desktop effects, so Unity should work as well. You cannot use the nvidia card directly (as you may already have noticed) because your notebook is an Optimus laptop (see also <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/36930/6969#3693...
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63567
1
64473
2011-09-29T14:08:07.713
4
2298
<p>I have a service running on a certain port at the server. What I want to do is, access the server using SSH and use a local (client-side) program to access the server's port. Is that possible?</p>
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2013-09-06T19:56:11.407
2013-09-06T19:56:11.407
How to access a port on a remote server using SSH?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Connecting to a port on a server via an ssh tunnel can be done with the <code>-L</code> local port forwarding option.</p>\n\n<p>For example, to connect to www.example.com:80 &amp; to make it available on the client as port <code>8080</code>, you would do:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh -L808...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Connecting to a port on a server via an ssh tunnel can be done with the <code>-L</code> local port forwarding option.</p>\n\n<p>For example, to connect to www.example.com:80 &amp; to make it available on the client as port <code>8080</code>, you would do:</p>\n\n<pre><code>s...
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63574
1
63579
2011-09-29T15:06:47.427
1
727
<p>when logging out to a different user, shutting down, or restarting the machine sometimes I can get this message</p> <blockquote> <p>some programs are still running</p> <blockquote> <p>program list</p> </blockquote> <p>waiting for programs to finish. interrupting these programs may cause you to l...
25712
25863
2012-07-26T18:01:30.140
2012-07-26T18:01:30.140
Delay shutdown until UbuntuOne has finished synchronizing
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I am not sure if that would be nice, can you imagine if you had to w8 for 1Gb of files to be synced before shutdown? Doesn't it make more sense that the close signals are sent to the programs so they can quit and if there is further work then it can be resumed on after booting again....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I am not sure if that would be nice, can you imagine if you had to w8 for 1Gb of files to be synced before shutdown? Doesn't it make more sense that the close signals are sent to the programs so they can quit and if there is further work then it can be resumed on after bootin...
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63580
1
63604
2011-09-29T15:25:07.613
0
1660
<p>I was making a small guide for facebook users on <code>mogrify</code> and <code>convert</code> ImageMagik subcommands, but I found that <code>convert</code> has <code>-sample</code> and <code>-geometry</code> options that for me look 99% the same. </p> <p>What is the difference between the two? And if by chance, ho...
7035
2647
2011-09-29T15:43:45.633
2011-09-29T17:53:58.803
Difference between convert -sample and convert -geometry
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can find an explanation of the different resize options in ImageMagick on there website: <a href=\"http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/resize/#other\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/resize/#other</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "crea...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can find an explanation of the different resize options in ImageMagick on there website: <a href=\"http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/resize/#other\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/resize/#other</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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63581
1
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2011-09-29T15:34:39.173
1
408
<p>I had the Beta 1 installed on Windows 7, downloaded v2 and </p> <ul> <li><p>It doesn't install properly as there's no way of UNINSTALLING it in Control Panel</p></li> <li><p>It won't synchronise nor start up at startup.</p></li> <li><p>When I click on the icon it starts OK giving me the normal dialog box but I also...
25891
18887
2011-09-29T15:57:39.030
2011-09-29T16:31:18.830
Ubuntu One v2 for Windows doesn't install or run properly
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1
5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-29T15:41:51.840", "id": "72977", "postId": "63581", "score": "0", "text": "Please add the image directly, also your link doesn't work - says page not found.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "18887" }, { "creationDate": "2011-09-29T15:43:34.073", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ok, that looks like you are getting a 500 error from the ubuntu one server when trying to retrieve your account information (let it be account info, which devices you have, or shares and folders).</p>\n\n<p>I'd say we should file two different bugs for this issue:</p>\n\n<ol>...
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63582
1
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2011-09-29T15:58:27.310
5
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<p>I have Ubuntu and Windows 7 on my computer. Now I have a problem, I want to hide the <em>desktop.ini</em> and <em>Thumbs.db</em> files Windows automaticly creates.</p> <p>I can't rename all files to <em>.desktop.ini</em> and <em>.Thumbs.db</em>. If I do this, Windows creates new <em>desktop.ini</em> and <em>Thumbs....
2964
1992
2012-02-11T17:30:31.677
2012-02-11T17:30:31.677
Hide desktop.ini and Thumbs.db files
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You have to use .hidden on all the folders that contain the files you want to hide.</p>\n\n<p>Lets say you have 3 folders with photos</p>\n\n<p>folder1\nfolder2\nfolder2</p>\n\n<p>You have to create a .hidden file for folder1, folder2 and folder3. Not just 1 file in your ~/us...
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63585
1
63587
2011-09-29T16:12:44.047
2
7703
<p>I am trying to uninstall software center for ubuntu oneric using the command <code>sudo apt-get remove software center</code> and get this as result</p> <pre><code>Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package software E: Unable to locate...
25175
18887
2011-09-29T16:34:03.210
2012-09-09T03:08:50.573
How to uninstall Ubuntu Software Center in 11.10?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think you are missing the hiphen between <em>software</em> and <em>center</em>. The command you seem to be looking for is <code>sudo apt-get remove software-center</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-30T01:54:53.443", "id...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think you are missing the hiphen between <em>software</em> and <em>center</em>. The command you seem to be looking for is <code>sudo apt-get remove software-center</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-30T01:54:53...
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<p>I know there something called fancontrol, that enables you to control the speed of your system's ventilation. I'd like to let my fans spin a bit faster as my laptop is heating up very easilly. All tutorials and stuff I've found are for old versions of Ubuntu and don't seem to be working anymore.</p> <p>Can anyone e...
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2012-03-04T15:35:48.260
2020-11-24T23:30:55.463
How do I get fan control working?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>i8kutils works for controlling the fan of my Dell Vostro 3350 laptop.</p>\n\n<pre>\n# For Dell laptop only:\n$ sudo apt-get install i8kutils \n$ i8kfan 1 2 # Set the left-fan at low speed(1); the right one at high speed(2).\n</pre>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The package <a href=\"https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/lm-sensors\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">lm-sensors</a> <a href=\"https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/lm-sensors\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install lm-s...
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2011-09-29T17:00:14.353
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<p>Am trying to upload files with Filezilla to my server and the upload is somehow limited to 80KiB. The server can take up to 4MiB in upload and my connection has a 512KiB upload.</p> <p>What should I check to see what the problem is.</p>
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2011-09-30T14:11:34.853
Filezilla uploads at 80KB/Sec Max
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are a few things that could be limiting your speed:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>The receiving server: some servers limit up/download speeds depending on the protocol used (eg: I used to have a web hosting server that throttled HTTP downloads to 40 KB/s, but SCP worked full speed)</p></...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>use <a href=\"http://www.speedtest.net\" rel=\"nofollow\">speedtest.net</a> to check your real upload and download speed.<br>\nusually the upload speed is half the download speed.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Edit:</strong> You may also check your speed limit settings for FileZilla whic...
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63594
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2011-09-29T17:10:46.077
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<p>If I have an encrypted external disk (or an internal disk that is not in fstab), I see an entry for it in Nautilus -- with an entry like "X GB Encrypted Volume". I can click on this volume, and am prompted for a password to decrypt and mount the device.</p> <p>But how do I do this from the command line?</p> <p><a...
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2018-05-16T17:21:17.653
2021-01-05T23:56:38.087
Mount encrypted volumes from command line?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The steps in @Georg Schölly's answer did not work for me at the time, although they might work now, a few Ubuntu releases after. Back then, after the <code>sudo mount /dev/mapper/my_encrypted_volume /media/my_device</code> step I got the error:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>mount: unknow...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your volume is probably encrypted with LUKS, here's how to mount it:</p>\n\n<p>You need:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install cryptsetup\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>To decrypt the volume:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda1 my_encrypted_volume\n</code></pre>\n\n<p...
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63599
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2011-09-29T17:38:24.430
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<p>I'm looking for a way to configure HDMI audio output via the command line using pulseaudio. I was able to get it running by using pavucontrol and changing it in the configuration tab, but I need a way to automate the process. I haven't been able to find any documentation at all so far. The system is a lucid install....
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2011-10-03T18:05:17.720
2012-06-07T08:54:16.353
Configuring HDMI Audio via command line
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I was using the tool wrong. The correct way to do it was <code>pactl set-card-profile 0 output:hdmi-audio</code>. You can get a list of avilable profile names by running <code>pacmd list-cards</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-11...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open a terminal and type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install alsamixergui\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then run it (Alt+F2 or press super key):</p>\n\n<pre><code>alsamixergui\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>A window will open for sound cofiguration...</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "c...
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2011-09-29T17:53:42.057
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<p>Upgraded from the beta client to release 2 and now find that my old folders on my d: drive can no longer be added, only folders under my c:/docs and settings/user. I have a separate drive for data and this is where my documents resides.</p>
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2011-09-29T22:13:02.893
2011-10-03T07:51:32.443
Can you please add other folders back to sync options back to Ubuntu One in Windows?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think you are talking about Ubuntu One on Windows. </p>\n\n<p>You could try to create a Juction (a NTFS symbolic link) inside your User folder, that point to folder in D:. Here you can download the Junction utility:\n<a href=\"http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals...
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2011-09-29T18:05:01.400
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<p>I just installed Ubuntu 11.10 beta2 along with windows 7 but after installation I am not getting the boot menu and I straight away boot into Ubuntu. kindly help..!!!</p>
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2011-11-12T21:03:33.603
2011-11-12T21:03:33.603
Can't boot into Windows 7 after installing 11.10
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have a situation similar to you from what I can gather from you. I installed Ubuntu on to a HP desktop, and after the HP splash screen and where the GRUB screen should be is nothing but a blank screen with my monitors screen resolution information. After waiting a little bi...
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63609
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2011-09-29T18:41:14.437
1
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<p>I have an Ubuntu PC (10.04) which I plan to use as a home server. It's main use will be NAS and media server with MediaTomb.</p> <p>Should I:</p> <ol> <li>backup and reformat PC, and install Ubuntu Server.</li> <li>leave it how it is, and just install necessary software.</li> </ol> <p>I've been using this PC as ...
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2011-09-29T21:59:52.473
change to Ubuntu Server or stay with Ubuntu
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Performance wise, your Ubuntu \"non-server\" will run as a home server good enough without having to install or configure it, or even format it to put Ubuntu server on it.</p>\n\n<p>I already did this 3 times, one in my own home, the other at a lan party place I go every so often and...
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2011-09-29T18:49:41.640
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<p>See this <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/57056/ubuntu-appears-in-bios-menu/63607#63607">ubuntu appears in BIOS menu (UEFI)</a></p> <p>I have this on my Lenovo s205 too. </p> <p>Is there some way to remove "ubuntu" from the menu? I don't even have it installed anymore.</p>
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2017-04-13T12:24:43.770
2021-02-14T11:55:15.727
How do I remove "Ubuntu" in the bios boot menu? (UEFI)
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You should be able to do this via a Live Ubuntu CD.</p>\n<p>Install efibootmgr:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install efibootmgr\n</code></pre>\n<p>Then add to the kernel EFI support</p>\n<pre><code>sudo modprobe efivars\n</code></pre>\n<p>Then run <code>sudo efibootmgr</code>...
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2011-09-29T19:26:03.710
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<p>I have installed Vidalia and when I activate Tor and set the proxies in firefox I get the message '514 Authentication Required.'!<br> I'm wondering what is the problem here?</p>
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2012-04-01T11:05:56.440
2014-03-29T22:58:33.490
514 Authentication required when using Tor
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Usually this message comes when you entered a wrong port. Please check that you chose port <em>9050</em> in your Firefox settings. The 514 error code comes when you choose 9051. This port is called control port and works only with some form of authentication. However a better alterna...
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2011-09-29T19:42:08.710
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<p>When attempting to start the iscsitarget service, I get</p> <blockquote> <p>FATAL: Module iscsi_trgt not found.</p> </blockquote> <p>Trying to build module using instructions from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/iscsitarget/index.php?title=Unofficial_DEBs" rel="nofollow">http://sourceforge.net/app...
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2012-06-22T13:01:57.547
2019-03-15T05:58:32.537
iscsi_trgt missing because can't build kernel module
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2011-09-29T20:47:12.703
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<p>My wifes computer is running ubuntu 10.04. Since several days the running programs are not displayed on the panel. With alt tab you can still switch between open programs. Any idea what happened?</p>
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2011-11-12T16:05:59.800
2018-09-25T05:48:35.600
Running programs are not displayed in the panel
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Maybe the taskbar (Windows List) has been removed? </p>\n\n<p>Right click on bottom panel, that click <strong>Add to panel</strong>, select <strong>Windows List</strong> and confirm.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2017-01-18T15:20:40.843",...
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2011-09-29T21:06:35.317
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37411/screen-resolution-stuck-at-1024x768">Screen resolution stuck at 1024x768</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>The output of "xrandr"</p> <pre><code>yasith@vostro:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 76...
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2017-04-13T12:23:10.263
2011-09-29T21:11:23.283
Changing the resolution to 1440x900
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2012-02-28T16:15:13.990
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2011-09-29T21:31:25.620
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1086/how-to-make-program-autostart-only-in-gnome">How To Make Program Autostart only In GNOME</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I set up my Gnome session to use tint2 as a window list panel, but I don't need it when using ...
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2017-04-13T12:23:28.223
2011-09-30T12:32:36.667
How can I launch an application at startup just in a determined session?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes , first place anything autostart file in ~/.config/autostart , and for each *.desktop file need only in GNOME , put a line like this into that file:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>OnlyShowIn=GNOME;</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Which means this application will only start in Gnome session....
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2012-01-01T12:39:03.300
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2011-09-29T22:47:28.013
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<p>I have a PC running Ubuntu 11.04 with 2 nics. eth0 is internet and eth1 in Internal Lan. eth0 is connected to the internet talks and receives the correct DHCP addresses from ISP. I can from this computer ping the DNS servers at my ISP, I can ping www.google.com and any other sites so the DSN's are working fine. I ...
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6005
2012-05-10T02:13:51.563
2014-01-04T18:02:41.113
Can't browse the internet although I can ping www.google.com
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, a good step is to start at the bottom and work up.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Apparently you do have ip connectivity and routing because you can ping an external machine.</p></li>\n<li><p>Apparently you also have working DNS because you can resolve google.com to ping it.</p></...
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2011-09-29T23:07:56.693
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<p>Recently I purchased a Macbook Pro that has a BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi card that does not work with the default kernel. </p> <ul> <li><p><code>sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name</code></p> <p>MacBookPro8,2</p> <p><code>lspci |grep 4331</code></p> <blockquote> <p>03:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corpor...
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235
2011-09-29T23:34:34.850
2011-12-31T21:40:16.917
How do I install this patched b43 driver?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First make sure you don't have any b43 drivers install in your machine... use software center and search b43 if there are any uninstall it</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>compat-wireless: go to Linux Wireless and download <a href=\"http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download#Where_to_downl...
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2011-09-29T23:16:17.353
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<p>That is, I want to be able to pluck them out anytime without worrying if data will be lost. I want every write to actually be written immediately.</p>
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2014-04-02T02:50:47.763
How do I make usb sticks not ever use any write cache?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Mount them with the flush option. This is done by default in Ubuntu.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-30T00:51:00.097", "id": "63656", "lastActivity...
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63657
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63658
2011-09-30T01:10:00.957
1
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<p>I want to make all outgoing TCP packets on my Ubuntu 10.04 computer anonymous. Is this possible? If so, how would I configure my computer to do this? </p> <p>I've installed Tor, but it doesn't work because I'm running my computer strictly from command line. Could protecting my identity be achieved another way?</p>
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2011-09-30T01:16:44.273
2011-09-30T01:20:07.420
Sending all outgoing TCP packets through Tor
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See <a href=\"https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TransparentProxy\" rel=\"nofollow\">these instructions on using Tor as a transparent proxy</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creati...
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63659
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2011-09-30T02:23:48.610
2
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<p>Normally, I hit my "Print Screen" key, and this wonderful thing appears. <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/GHgqy.png" alt="enter image description here" title="Most intuitive screenshot taking method ever!"> However, I have no such luck in fullscreen programs. Nothing happens. No wonderful little screenshot help...
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2011-09-30T12:17:25.593
How can I take screenshots from inside a fullscreen program?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There's more than one way to skin a cat.</p>\n\n<p>In your application launcher, you should have this guy:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/NYzkZ.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\" title=\"How very appropriately named\"></p>\n\n<p>Turns out, he has a del...
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63664
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2011-09-30T02:32:08.357
0
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Macbook Pro 5.5. Everything has worked nearly flawlessly, with the exception of the wireless.</p> <p>I cannot describe how poor the proprietary Broadcom driver is.</p> <p>I'm unable to connect to about half the wifi hotspots I encounter. After I suspend, I can't connect to 99% of hots...
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2011-10-14T18:46:18.027
2011-10-14T18:46:18.027
Alternative to Broadcom STA Wireless Driver
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I just had a similar problem, these were my steps to fix it</p>\n\n<p>Remove the STA driver from Additional Drivers\nI typed in broadcom in ubuntu software center, clicked and uninstalled\nHave your laptop attached to LAN\nInstall b43 (installer package for firmware for b43) (searche...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I just had a similar problem, these were my steps to fix it</p>\n\n<p>Remove the STA driver from Additional Drivers\nI typed in broadcom in ubuntu software center, clicked and uninstalled\nHave your laptop attached to LAN\nInstall b43 (installer package for firmware for b43) ...
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63665
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2011-09-30T02:33:29.327
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<p>I can't launch eclipse from either terminal or gmrun but I can do so using Applications -> Programming -> Eclipse. </p> <p>Here are the screenshots:</p> <p>1) Using <code>Gmrun</code>: I can see that <code>gmrun</code> is recognizing the <code>eclipse</code> command but when I enter it, nothing happens. </p> <p...
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2013-02-03T03:54:04.990
2018-10-23T18:04:40.150
Why can't I launch eclipse from a terminal or run it via gmrun?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu has its own directories from which it will check for applications (like <code>/usr/bin</code>). So If you just downloaded eclipse to <code>/opt</code> then of course it won't be recognized. If you want it to be recognized, you have two options, either install from Ubun...
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<p>I plan to change OS on my other PC from Windows XP to Ubuntu and want to have access to it. </p> <p>Basically please imagine two PCs, each running Ubuntu 11.04 and connected together with twisted cable (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet" rel="nofollow">Ethernet</a>).<br> I want to be able to access fi...
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2011-09-30T10:49:02.060
2011-09-30T10:49:02.060
What is easiest solution for twisted cable connection between two PCs running Ubuntu
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Connect the 2 pcs directly using a cross network cable and use the <code>ifconfig</code> command to assign the fixed addresses between the pcs.</p>\n\n<p>ie:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>for pc1, and</p...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just Connect the two PCs with UTP and give each unique IP address. Then you can share folders and access them from Nautilus. I have done this from ubuntu to windows using samba and I don't have reason why it should not work with ubuntu.\nSo share the folders that you need to ...
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2011-09-30T04:27:39.343
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<p>this has been asked before but I dont see a response just yet. I was wondering if there is a way to remote desktop from my mac to Ubuntu 11.04 without logging in first? My ubuntu is set up as my media server, and occasionally I need to screen share. So far I am able to do it successfully from Apple Screen share IF m...
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2011-09-30T04:32:38.410
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Remote desktop from Mac to Ubuntu without logging in first?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need to make sure vino is loaded at startup, not just when your user logs in. Take a look at these instructions: <a href=\"http://jakeyoon.com/2008/11/19/enable-vino-vnc-server-for-login-manager-gdm-in-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://jakeyoon.com/2008/11/19/enable-vino...
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